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ARRL Bulletin 5  ARLB005
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  February 4, 2016
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLB005 Matt Holden, K0BBC, Tapped as ARRL Dakota Division Vice
Director

ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Matt Holden,
K0BBC, to serve as Dakota Division Vice Director, effective February
4. An ARRL Life Member who lives in Bloomington, Minnesota, Holden
succeeds former Vice Director Kent Olson, KA0KDG. Olson became the
Dakota Division Director when former Director Greg Widin, K0GW, was
elected as ARRL First Vice President at the ARRL Board of Directors'
Annual Meeting in mid-January. Holden, 46, will serve out the
remainder of the current term of office, which ends on January 1,
2017.

Holden belongs to several clubs and currently serves as the
president of the Bloomington Amateur Radio Association. He is ARES
Emergency Coordinator for the City of Bloomington and a Minnesota
Section Public Information Officer. He is an information technology
professional with Delta Air Lines.

Holden also is active with the Bloomington Communications Group, the
Twin Cities DX Association, the Minnesota Wireless Association, and
the Northern Lights Radio Society.

Holden enjoys operating remotely from stations in Maine, New York,
California, Georgia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. He also is an
HF and VHF contester and DXpeditioner, and he is active in the US
Islands Award Program (USISL) program.

Members may contact him via e-mail at, [email protected] .